Look at all this litter! Why have they not thrown it in the bin?’ asked children from Little Forest Folk in Twickenham, south west London when they collected the first of many bags of rubbish from around their grounds.
Children were shocked by the amount of rubbish they found after their setting decided to focus on litter and waste as part of its environmental plan to improve its environment and achieve Eco-School status.
‘We want to get the message across that we only have one world and it is important for us to care for and look after our environment,’ says lead forest educator Kelly Norman. ‘By the children learning more about the problem of litter and waste and what they can directly do to help, it then supports them in their greater environmental awareness.’
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